{"id":35564,"date":"2025-07-25T05:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T05:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/35564\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T05:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T05:31:09","slug":"amazon-to-add-printed-in-dunstable-label-to-millions-of-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/35564\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon to add &#8216;Printed in Dunstable&#8217; label to millions of books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Pope<\/p>\n<p>BBC News, Bedfordshire<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753133108_565_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dkIvM hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/f5773180-68a4-11f0-a9fb-7f350e3f05ac.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Sam Read\/BBC A worker in an Amazon print factory, looking at a book. There are lots of books around him. including a big yellow box. Machinery is behind him too. \" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/>Sam Read\/BBC<\/p>\n<p>The Dunstable site is Amazon&#8217;s UK print-on-demand facility, the company said<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The name of the town where Amazon prints its books will now feature on millions of paperbacks, the company has announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Amazon said a &#8220;Printed in Dunstable, United Kingdom&#8221; label would be added to the books. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The decision follows a campaign by Alex Mayer, the Labour MP for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard, who said she wanted the town in Bedfordshire to receive the recognition it deserved.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The US firm said it would celebrate &#8220;the area&#8217;s continuing contribution to the UK publishing industry&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753133108_565_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dkIvM hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/63db7f60-68a4-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sam Read\/BBC A bar code on the back of a book, showing where it is printed. The book is on white paper and has &quot;Printed in Dunstable, United Kingdom&quot; written on the back.\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/>Sam Read\/BBC<\/p>\n<p>Printed in Dunstable, United Kingdom, now appears on the books <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Amazon said the Dunstable plant, which opened in 2015 and operated around the clock, employs more than 200 people. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">It is responsible for printing thousands of titles each day, from well-known works to debuts by self-published authors. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">As part of her campaign, Mayer said she wrote a children&#8217;s story called The Book Who Searched, which follows a book who struggles to discover where they were printed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;I challenged Amazon to make my story come true, and I&#8217;m really delighted they have done just that,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;Now every year millions of books will say that they&#8217;re printed in Dunstable. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a real boost for civic pride.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753133108_565_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dkIvM hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/869a74c0-68a4-11f0-89ea-4d6f9851f623.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sam Read\/BBC Alex Mayer, holding a book, wears a white jacket and red and white spotted dress. There is a red cartoon character in the middle and Sally Kimondo, wearing grey leggings and a grey jacket, is next to it. \" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/>Sam Read\/BBC<\/p>\n<p>Alex Mayer (left) wrote a book to highlight where the books are printed, and was joined at the warehouse by Sally Kimondo the Mayor of Dunstable <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Zak Watts, Amazon books UK country manager, said Dunstable has a &#8220;proud history&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;This new addition reflects our commitment to the local community that has supported us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">He thanked Mayer &#8220;for the idea&#8221; to include the town in the printing process and also praised the town&#8217;s &#8220;skilled workforce&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>You might also be interested in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Pope BBC News, Bedfordshire Sam Read\/BBC The Dunstable site is Amazon&#8217;s UK print-on-demand facility, the company said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[223,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-35564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}